How The Year Was Won - 1981 Un-Ranked to National Champs

[@bigbuffguy9589]

The early 1980s was wild. Georgia, Clemson, Penn State, Miami and BYU were all first-time champions from 1980-1984.

[@WrongedSports]

Also thank you so much for watching.

[@jillconner5062]

Wow. First time natty champs 5 years straight! You'll never see that again. On the contrary. It's basically the same 5 or so teams only in the mix every year.

[@martinrosario4018]

Technically 1980 was Georgias second their first was in 1942

[@Feynthot]

I remember when Clemson painted paw prints on the road to the orange bowl.

[@lewtown]

I like this channel because no one really talks about stuff like this. This channel is gonna blow up. It appeals to not only cfb fans but people who will watch and docuseries as long as its interesting.

[@WrongedSports]

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[@huskerchuck9212]

It's a shame Turner Gill couldn't play in the Orange Bowl. Props to Clemson, though. That was a fine team.

[@WrongedSports]

Thanks for watching. Really like those Husker teams of the early 1980s, not as much the mid 1990s teams but close. I'm sure you have your favorites too

[@huskerchuck9212]

@@WrongedSports The first game I remember watching was the Orange Bowl following the 1970 season. The '82 and '83 Huskers probably were the best team in the country. '83 was probably the best offense I've ever seen, but the '95 team was the best overall. If you want to see a strange game, check out '88 Nebraska-Oklahoma State. Barry Sanders was an incredible RB.

[@jamesfields2916]

In a scheduling oddity in 1981 Clemson opened with Wofford, which was at the time an NAIA school. Clemson scheduled them st the last minute after the tean they were scheduled to open eith, Villanova, dropped football. Playing small schools wasn't uncommon but playing s team from a different collegiate alliance was very rare.

[@ryansalzer1247]

Could you do a video on the bowl alliance or the bowl coalition

[@CoreyT127]

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[@Carson_TK]

I’d love to see 1982 next. 1982 was one of the most underrated years of college football ever in my opinion, as 5 teams were co-national champions that year (Penn State, SMU, Georgia, Nebraska and UCLA). I’d genuinely be interested to see the perspectives on all five teams and see how they (technically) won the big game.

[@WrongedSports]

Ill keep that in mind in the future as I'm doing more of them this summer. 1980s college football are all interesting years. But thanks for watching

[@kurtgreaser988]

Trying to figure how Nebraska and Georgia could top Penn St? Penn St beat both, Nebraska, early in season and Georgia in Sugar Bowl, a defacto National Championship game. UCLA was 10-1-1, with a tie against midfle of pack Arizona. SMU at 10-0-1 has about only other claim in 1982. SMU's was tainted by previous violations, and there were allegations against them that I think ultimately hurt their credibility. Of course, they would get the death penalty four or five years later after multiple infractons and lact of admistrative control. Bedides the SWC that year was a mess between sanctions and them beating snot out of each other. Penn did best Georgia and Nebraska with a loss to Alabama that was 5-0 and ranked #1 at time Bama would struggle down the stretch in Besr Brants final season at Bama.

[@bigbuffguy9589]

Good videos. I'd be interested in seeing you break down the split title years from 1990 and 1991.

[@WrongedSports]

1990 is almost done probably will drop in the next few weeks unless I get sidetracked on another thing. 1990 is gonna be a two parter though cause there was a lot of crazy stuff that year

[@nicholasbarber3644]

can you do a video about walter camp you did one on his play amos stagg ccan you do one on him

[@nicholasbarber3644]

if amos stagg had stayed at chicago he would have coach jay berwanger

[@WrongedSports]

Yes Berwanger went to Chicago because of Stagg but he never played with him

[@nicholasbarber3644]

@@WrongedSports he left in 1932 berwanger came in 1933 his legacy would have been way better if he stayed there because he would have been able to coach the first heisman winner ever

[@WrongedSports]

@@nicholasbarber3644 both of their legacies are in good standing. Don't think Stagg needed to coach him, since Berwanger still won the Heisman

[@nicholasbarber3644]

@@WrongedSports chicago president at that time hated sports he didn't care if the won every game he still wanted to get rid of the football team

[@tobyradenbaugh8965]

Its called "R O I D S"